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KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB

KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB
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Effective Speed +71% Effective Speed 71%Average Score +79% Read 185%, Write 125%, 4K Read 46%, 4K Write 30%, Mixed 103%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 26%Peak Score +114% Read 251%, Write 150%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 46%, Mixed 165%, 4K Mixed 52%, SusWrite 75%Value & Sentiment -840%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,667%Nice To Haves +85% DQ Read 123%, DQ Write 177%, DQ Mixed -1%, ADQ Read 97%, ADQ Write 83%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 71%, AS-SSD Total 133%

Average Bench: 169% (134^th of 1072)

Based on 1,513 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe KINGSTON SA2000M

Poor: 92%Average: 169% Great: 229%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB averaged 68.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 263MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,303MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 374MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 727MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,513 samples)

Rank 134169%

Min	Avg	Max
767	Read 1,303	1,778
382	Write 912	1,210
86.8	Mixed 727	1,121
172	SusWrite 374	678
184% 829 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	4K Read 50.2	67.2
26.6	4K Write 114	179
24.1	4K Mixed 63.6	88.8
218% 75.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
289	DQ Read 642	817
67.9	DQ Write 530	994
71.5	DQ Mixed 263	327
285% 478 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

TUR-User, 15 mins ago.

196GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 714 403 273 263 261 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1,193

Mixed 1,030

SusWrite 516

237% 1,061 MB/s

4K Read 61.5

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 71.7

262% 92.9 MB/s

DQ Read 797

DQ Write 712

DQ Mixed 322

360% 611 MB/s

SWE-User, 28 days ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 251 175 264 170 235 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 693

Mixed 116

SusWrite 247

128% 584 MB/s

4K Read 61.5

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 80.4

269% 93.4 MB/s

DQ Read 820

DQ Write 776

DQ Mixed 256

341% 618 MB/s

LKA-User, 19 days ago.

160GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 324 148 168 190 193 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 924

Mixed 823

SusWrite 279

173% 772 MB/s

4K Read 36.3

4K Write 54

4K Mixed 41.8

137% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 257

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 216

164% 221 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 month ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 187 208 212 199 264 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 886

Mixed 308

SusWrite 241

144% 654 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 19.3

4K Mixed 23.2

87% 24.5 MB/s

DQ Read 330

DQ Write 63.7

DQ Mixed 116

106% 170 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	3,467x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,444x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	4,167x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,745x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	994x

SSD
KINGSTON SA2000M 250GBNvmeBench 169%, 1,513 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	982x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	892x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples	586x

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KINGSTON SA2000M 250GB

Average Bench: 169% (134^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 169% (134th of 1072)

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